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UK Government Outlines Plan for Initial Continuation of EU Law in Post-Brexit UK Law
March 30, 2017, Covington Alert
Today, the UK Government published a White Paper envisaging an initial continuation of EU law in the UK “wherever practical and appropriate” on withdrawal from the EU (“Brexit”). Today’s White Paper comes one day after the UK notified the EU of its intention to leave which triggers the two-year Brexit negotiation period.
The UK Government intends on achieving this continuation through legislation in the form of the “Great Repeal Bill.” At the same time as removing the legal supremacy of EU law and the formal influence of EU laws in the UK, the Great Repeal Bill will convert the body of existing EU law into UK domestic law. The effect will be that on day one of Brexit, “wherever practical and appropriate,” the same rules and laws of the EU will apply in the UK. Thereafter, the UK Government will review those laws derived from EU law and seek to either amend, repeal, or maintain those laws. Today’s White Paper sets out the UK Government’s plans. The scope of the Great Repeal Bill will likely change once it is proposed as a draft Act of Parliament later this year and after it is debated and reviewed by the UK Parliament.
September 16, 2019, Covington Alert
Over the summer, Ursula von der Leyen, President-elect of the European Commission since July 16, prepared her 27-member Commission. On September 10, she presented her new team – five years to the day from when Jean Claude Juncker presented the current Commission. If approved by the European Parliament, her new team will take office on November 1, 2019. This ...
November 15, 2018
The proposed withdrawal agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom was published by the European Commission on November 14 (see here). The text runs to 585 pages, and represents a tentative agreement reached between the UK and EU negotiating teams. It is accompanied by an eight-page outline of the proposed political declaration on the future ...
March 29, 2017, Covington Alert
Today, the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, formally triggered the process of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU (“Brexit”) by invoking Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. This is the first time an EU Member State has used the Article 50 mechanism. This marks the beginning of the two-year period in which an arrangement for Brexit must be agreed and ...